Health of Young Adults Experiencing Social Marginalization and Vulnerability: A Cross-National Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT: People who experience social marginalization and vulnerability have uniquely complex health needs and are at risk of poor health outcomes. Regression analyses using longitudinal data from a cross-national, population-based sample of young adults participating in the International Youth Development Study, tested associations between social marginalization and vulnerabilities and physical health, mental health, and substance use outcomes. Participants from Victoria, Australia, and Washington State in the US were surveyed at ages 25 (2014) and 29 years (2018; N = 1944; 46.7% male). A history of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), LGBT identity, financial insecurity, and justice system involvement at age 25 predicted poor health outcomes at age 28, including lower perceived health sta

SUBMITTER: Heerde JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9914820 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature